{"id":3025,"date":"2018-04-11T08:13:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/?page_id=3025"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:44:54","slug":"department-of-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Page section navigation\" style=\"min-height: 60px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-autoselect=\"true\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 pt-2 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">The Future of Academic Anthropology<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"img-fluid aligncenter wp-image-6473 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A group of sixteen adults stands on outdoor steps in front of a brick building, posing for a group photo.\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Anthropology-Group-Photo-2025-200x133.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1280;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">The <strong>UCF Department of Anthropology<\/strong> represents the future of academic anthropology. The department has an interdisciplinary approach in archaeological,\u00a0cultural, biological, linguistic, and\u00a0applied\/public anthropology. 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